#8A9526#8A9526

#8A9526 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.131 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9526
RGB	rgb(138, 149, 38)
HSL	hsl(66, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(66, 74%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 74.5%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.01, -18.29, 53.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.01, 56.62, 108.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% -0.0556 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.131 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.5791, 27.0385, 5.9155)
Luminance	0.2704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9526 #312695

analogous

#956926 #8A9526 #539526

triadic

#8A9526 #268A95 #95268A

tetradic

#8A9526 #269569 #312695 #952653

square

#8A9526 #269569 #312695 #952653

split-complementary

#8A9526 #265395 #692695

monochromatic

#30330D #5D641A #8A9526 #B7C632 #CAD65F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#8A9526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#8A9526 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9526

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9526	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 149, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.131 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb469',
    500: '#8a9526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9526;
$custom-light: #afb469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.946,
    "s": 59.358,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64037,
    "c": 0.1309,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9526

secondary

#655BBB

accent

#45E355

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9526

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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